THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Musician: Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong sang "What a Wonderful World". The piece talks about all the wonderful aspects of the world and points out minute details that most people wouldn't pick up on to be beautiful. The Harlem Renaissance partly took place during the Depression and Armstrong was trying to raise the spirit of the people. The piece embodies the time period in the fact that many songs and pieces of art were upbeat and happy in order to change the mood that surrounded America.
Artist: William H. Johnson
William H. Johnson's piece of artwork, The Chain Gang, depicts three black men that look tired and are holding agricultural tools. The three men are also wearing prison uniforms and chains. Many artists including Johnson used the art presented in the Harlem Renaissance to depict the past sufferings of the African American race.
Male Writer: Richard Wright
Richard Wright wrote the book Black Boy which was an autobiography published in 1937. The story tells about his harsh childhood and early adulthood in the South in the 1910's and 1920's. The book allows readers an insight into the world of a poor, unequally treated black boy and raises awareness of the social injustices that he, and other black children, must face daily.
Female Writer: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is most widely known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In this book a young woman goes through many romances in order to find herself and figure out what love is all about. She ends up leaving every man because she feels that he is not making her happy and that she could find better. The book reflects the time period because blacks at the time were trying to find their own independence from whites and also find better times ahead.
Musician: Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong sang "What a Wonderful World". The piece talks about all the wonderful aspects of the world and points out minute details that most people wouldn't pick up on to be beautiful. The Harlem Renaissance partly took place during the Depression and Armstrong was trying to raise the spirit of the people. The piece embodies the time period in the fact that many songs and pieces of art were upbeat and happy in order to change the mood that surrounded America.
Artist: William H. Johnson
William H. Johnson's piece of artwork, The Chain Gang, depicts three black men that look tired and are holding agricultural tools. The three men are also wearing prison uniforms and chains. Many artists including Johnson used the art presented in the Harlem Renaissance to depict the past sufferings of the African American race.
Male Writer: Richard Wright
Richard Wright wrote the book Black Boy which was an autobiography published in 1937. The story tells about his harsh childhood and early adulthood in the South in the 1910's and 1920's. The book allows readers an insight into the world of a poor, unequally treated black boy and raises awareness of the social injustices that he, and other black children, must face daily.
Female Writer: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is most widely known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In this book a young woman goes through many romances in order to find herself and figure out what love is all about. She ends up leaving every man because she feels that he is not making her happy and that she could find better. The book reflects the time period because blacks at the time were trying to find their own independence from whites and also find better times ahead.
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